HICKORY, N.C. — Police in Hickory are investigating a deadly hit-and-run crash that happened Wednesday on Highway 70.
Authorities said a man was struck and killed early Wednesday morning.
The incident took place near the Interstate 40 overpass in southeast Hickory. Officers got a call around 8 a.m. after a passerby noticed a person on the side of the road.
Investigators recovered pieces of the vehicle involved in the collision to identify a suspect. On Thursday, the Hickory Police Department identified the suspected driver as 58-year-old Russell Cornell Bell.
The victim was identified as 40-year-old Quinton Javar Davis of Catawba.
Bell was charged with felony hit and run causing death, according to HPD. He was being held on a $50,000 secured bond as of Thursday.
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